"With all due respect." When, quite candidly, was the last time that phrase ever preceded anything remotely respectful? It's a rhetorical staple on political talk shows - and a predictable press conference preface to a skewering query. ...more

November 11, 2009

It was sometime between 8 p.m. and midnight when Robert Knickerbocker heard a plane flying overhead while in his living quarters on a U.S. Merchant Marine ship. That was followed by a tremble that rattled steel compartments carrying supplies for armed forces. Then the sound of a blasting alarm set off by an officer faded out into the Mediterranean Sea. ...more

November 11, 2009

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says President Barack Obama is not a good steward of the nation's defense and foreign policies. ...more

April 29, 2009

The Methodist Center in Brooksville carried the weight of the world through downtown on Saturday. ...more

December 14, 2008

President Bush will meet with President-elect Barack Obama in the Oval Office on Monday to discuss the economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other challenges the new administration will face in January, officials said Thursday. ...more

November 7, 2008

The use of American taxpayers' dollars to bail out Wall Street could and will put most of America's social programs in great danger. Social Security and Medicare, which all Americans rely on for most of their lives, could be in most danger. I would ask that all taxpayers ask for and demand that this bailout be cancelled by the next Congress and the new president elect. ...more

October 9, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday, opening a high-stakes foreign trip in a country that is increasingly the focus of his clash with Sen. John McCain in the presidential campaign over whether the war in Iraq has been a distraction in hunting down terrorists. ...more

July 20, 2008

Enough with the speculation about Gov. Charlie Crist's chances to be John McCain's running mate. ...more

July 9, 2008

Enough with the speculation about Gov. Charlie Crist's chances to be John McCain's running mate. ...more

July 9, 2008

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says everyone should support U.S. foreign and security policies. ...more

May 31, 2008